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State of Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan

By: Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Prescribed fires have long been used in Kansas to improve and maintain the natural and agricultural resources within the state. In recent years emissions related to prescribed fires, particularly in the Flint Hills, have contributed to air quality problems within the state and in downwind states. This document describes a plan to help minimize the air quality impacts associated with prescribed fires while continuing to allow the practice to occur in the state.